William Faulkner Quotes
There is no such thing as was - only is. If was existed, there would be no grief or sorrow.
William Faulkner
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We on the left who are pro-European and Internationalist wish to unite the peoples under a social model.
Laurent Fabius
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I believe God gives you the grace to do what you need to do.
Joel Osteen
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I charged Mr. Pitt with having come into office upon unconstitutional grounds, and upon such principles as were disgraceful to himself, disgusting to the country, and such as must necessarily deprive him and his coadjutors of the confidence of that House.
Charles James Fox
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Um aber unsere Klassiker so falsch beurteilen und so beschimpfend ehren zu können, muß man sie gar nicht mehr kennen: und dies ist die allgemeine Tatsache. Denn sonst müßte man wissen, daß es nur eine Art gibt, sie zu ehren, nämlich dadurch, daß man fortfährt, in ihrem Geiste und mit ihrem Mute zu suchen, und dabei nicht müde wird.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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If a man has reported to you, that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make any defense (answer) to what has been told you: but reply, The man did not know the rest of my faults, for he would not have mentioned these only. (33) tr. George Long (1888).
Epictetus
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You can't really claim too much ownership of your character. They really do belong to the writers, and in many ways, you're just their puppet.
Johnny Galecki
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The fate of all explanation is to close one door only to have another fly wide open.
Charles Fort
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I've never had anything but the freedom to do what I wanted just as long as it made me happy.
Rene Redzepi
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For beauty with sorrow Is a burden hard to be borne: The evening light on the foam, and the swans, there; That music, remote, forlorn.
Walter de La Mare
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Every hour that passed added to her grief, because it bore her further away from the living man, and because it was a tiny foretaste of the eternity she would have to spend without him.
Joanne Rowling
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I am moneys medium. It passes through me- taxes, insurance, mortgage, child support, rent, legal fees. All this dignified blundering costs plenty.
Saul Bellow
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There is no such thing as was - only is. If was existed, there would be no grief or sorrow.
William Faulkner